Christmas 2011

Here is some of the fun from our Christmas 2011...

Decorating the tree - Aubrey was super excited to help with haning up the ornaments this year.

All dressed up for her school program.  She loves those red shoes!

On the door of her classroom...

We made two visits to see Santa this year!  Cooper did such a great job, we decided to go twice!  Just kidding - they both did great at the first visit, but I totally forgot to get a picture of Cooper by himself, since it is his first Christmas.  He kindly cooperated the second time, too...

Checking out the gifts under the tree...

Christmas morning...

Christmas 2010

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Aubrey had a better idea of what was going on this year and eagerly counted down the days until Santa's arrival.

On Christmas Eve day, we went to the Audubon Zoo and discovered a great secret. If the weather is cooperating, this is the best day to go to the zoo. There were no crowds, no lines. We made it around the entire zoo, and Aubrey had blast leading the way!

All dressed up on Christmas Eve.



It was definitely a Disney princess Christmas for Aubrey. If you ask her what Santa brought her, the two items she tells everyone are a suitcase and an umbrella.

The rest of Christmas was spent being silly with Grace and opening lots of presents. The two of them together means lots of laughing and chasing!

We even got a visit from our friend, Peyton, who was visiting his grandparents and families from North Carolina.

Breakfast With Santa

Where did November go? Aubrey got to see Santa this morning at our neighborhood Breakfast with Santa. She told him what she wanted for Christmas and got a candy cane. She didn't want to sit on his lap, but I think we still got a great picture!

Merry Christmas!

It's been a busy two weeks for the Maudlin family. We celebrated Aubrey's 2nd birthday in Disney World, got to see Uncle Drew graduate, practiced our "Who Dats", and celebrated Christmas. I'm going to work backwards over the next few days (or however long it takes me to get all these pictures up) and start with our Christmas first.

Aubrey had a great day and must have been a very good girl this year because Santa brought her lots of fun things. She got a kitchen, a tricycle, underwear (which she specifically wrote Santa a letter for on the Tuesday before Christmas to ask for), a baby doll and stroller, and other fun toys to play with.

Christmas Eve day...waiting for Santa!

Santa came!



Aubrey's first look at her presents - she really didn't know what to think about it all.






What turned out to be her favorite toy of the day - the stroller!

Already a pro on the tricycle

Cooking Christmas dinner


Merry Christmas!